Violent and property crime rates dip in 2014, 2015 in South Carolina - WACH.com

Violent and property crime rates dip in 2014, 2015 in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) – The overall violent and property crime rates in South Carolina dropped in 2015 and 2014 when compared to previous years, according to reports released by the South Carolina law Enforcement Division.

The Uniform Crime Reports for 2015 and 2014 show the rate of violent crimes decreased 0.4 percent in 2015 compared to 2014 while the rate of property crimes dropped from 4.6 percent for the same time period.

The rate of violent crime in the state decreased two-percent in 2014 compared to 2013 and the rate of property crime was down 5.2 percent for the same time period.

“Categories such as murder and nonnegligent homicide along with sexual battery did show increases in the number of occurrences, yet the rates were lower due to the increase in the state’s population rates, as the rates are based on crimes per 10,000 residents,” said SLED Chief Mark Keel. “Decreases in categories such as burglary and assaults involving domestic relationships are encouraging, but what is troubling is the statistics for the number of law enforcement officers killed or assaulted increased substantially by over 20 percent in 2015 over previous years.”

Keel said the figures used in the report came from sheriff’s departments and police departments statewide. The 2013 report used a new incident-based reporting system in which in-depth data on every criminal offense from an incident is recorded. Previous reports used the most serious offense in an incident.

“Our great thanks to the sheriffs, chiefs of police, their officers and staff who protect our communities and contribute the data for this report,” Keel said. “I want to commend our colleagues at the state Department of Public Safety for assisting SLED in completing this report.”

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